Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 105 News (Extra 400 for monthly pass, ask for monthly tickets!)

Chapter 105: Chapter 105 News (Extra 400 for monthly pass, ask for monthly tickets!)

"You find this Tiger Transformation Skill of yours rather amusing," Zhong Shenxiu said, indifferent to whether the man bore grudges against others or had hired someone to kill. He only inquired about the matters he cared about.

"The Tiger Driving Skill I practice is passed down from my ancestors and can be offered to you," Hu San repeatedly kowtowed, presenting the White Tiger skin.

On the inside of the White Tiger skin, densely packed small characters were meticulously stitched with needle and thread, starting with "Tiger Driving Skill"!

This Spell originated from the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect and was one of the eight hundred and seventy-two outer techniques. It required cultivators to first establish an altar and perform rituals, maintain a strict diet, and receive a certain blessing from the universe, allowing them to get close to tigers.

Then, they would venture into tiger dens, steal tiger cubs, and raise them from a young age. Once grown, they could be commanded at will, using tigers to injure others.

If cultivated to a profound level, you could skin and debone the grown tigers to craft a tiger skin coat. Wearing it would allow one to transform into a fierce tiger.

Theoretically, the more ferocious the original tiger was, the stronger the transformed tiger would be.

With human strength harnessed through the power of a ferocious tiger, even a mundane Postnatal commoner like Hu San could challenge an Innate Expert.

Of course, most ordinary tigers were still more likely to be killed by Innate Experts.

However, if one could find some rare species, even a tiger spirit, and refine it into a tiger skin, they might be able to leverage it to cultivate some side-door Mana.

But this was an adulterated technique, far inferior to White Bone Magic Power.

Zhong Shenxiu only glanced at it before understanding the advantages and drawbacks of the Tiger Driving Skill. He tossed the tiger skin back to Hu San, "This tiger skin is a family heirloom; I don’t care for it. Your grudges with others aren’t my concern either. Today I only ask you two things: first, is there a place nearby where Cultivators gather? Second, where can I find a large group of fierce tigers or a lair of tiger and snake demons?"

The latter question, of course, was in search of possible locations of a mixed aura of both the dragon and the tiger.

Hu San, initially stunned and clutching the tiger skin, suddenly realized that the answers to these two questions were key to whether he would live or die. He racked his brains and after a moment replied, "I once heard another Cultivator mention that there is a market within Mangdang Mountain, but my abilities are too modest to enter... As for tiger and snake demons, my family has always avoided and dared not provoke them. However, there is a lair of fierce tigers in Black Stone Mountain."

Zhong Shenxiu nodded, "That’s also... if your family practiced this tiger-skinning technique and encountered a tiger demon, you would likely be annihilated... Go ahead, then."

To him, killing or sparing the man was just like shooing away a fly.

"Your honor,"

Hu San stood up and took a couple of steps, then suddenly turned back, repeatedly knocking his head on the ground until his forehead was bloody, "I am willing to join your ranks, to work like an ox or a horse..."

"Ha ha, you’re merely coveting my Daoist Skill with dishonest intentions..."

Zhong Shenxiu laughed heartily, "If you don’t leave now, I’ll kill you on the spot."

Terrified by his threat, Hu San tumbled and crawled away, vanishing instantly.

Seeing this, Zhong Shenxiu’s expression turned contemplative.

Having witnessed those youngsters resorting to treachery over ephemeral titles and this man’s desperate pleas, he suddenly felt he had a clearer grasp on the complexity between the human heart and the path of cultivation.

It indeed made some sense for a Cultivator to leave the mountain and travel after achieving a breakthrough.

After his reflection, his demeanor returned to calm, "Ten Thousand Techniques Sect, huh?"

This was also a sect of cultivating immortality, with its monastery located in Luo State. It once held a prominent reputation, known for collecting a myriad of techniques.

However, it eventually declined, and the techniques from the sect were scattered far and wide, already a shadow of its former self.

In Luo State, its status was far inferior to that of the Cloud Mirror Sect, which after all, had a Primordial Pill Great Cultivator in residence.

The Ten Thousand Techniques Sect, having faced several disasters, was rumored to have lost all its scriptures and treasures. Now, only a few big and small cats were left, without even a Practitioner of Divine Skills among them, and it was possible their lineage had already been severed.

"But they had it coming. If all eight hundred outer techniques are like this Tiger Driving Skill, a thousand or a hundred such techniques can’t compare to a single Ten Thousand Beasts Technique... Even at the peak of the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect, it couldn’t match the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect. Comparing the two, it’s inherently unfair to the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect."

Zhong Shenxiu thought for a moment, then with a wave of his sleeve.

A breeze emerged, swirling around him, lifting him off the ground and into the mid-air.

Now that he had received the information, he was ready to make his way to Mangdang Mountain.

...

Mangdang Mountain.

This mountain stretched on undulating for no more than a hundred miles, yet it was a place where spiritual energy converged, and beasts were often more likely to gain intelligence and transform into demons.

Thus, even though the scenery was extremely beautiful, few people went there, and the area nearby was famously dangerous, so much so that even herb gatherers and woodcutters were unwilling to enter.

Zhong Shenxiu looked down from high above and saw something unusual. Shrouded in white fog, outlines of buildings were faintly visible, so he floated down towards it.

Once inside the fog, he immediately felt a resisting force accompanied by a Daoist skill that bewildered the divine soul, evidently an array.

However, this array was mostly designed to deter ordinary people, and did not reject cultivators with mana.

Zhong Shenxiu’s Dragon Tiger Magic Power gently stirred, dispersing the fog, and revealing a marketplace.

The marketplace was similar to those found in the ordinary human realm, with cultivators setting up stalls, but there were very few people, most of whom were hiding their heads and showing their tails.

Adapting to the local customs, Zhong Shenxiu smeared something on his face and instantly changed his appearance.

He had plenty of resources at his disposal, and at that moment, walking through the Loose Cultivation Market, he actually felt quite pleased with himself.

’I wronged Zhang Taiyi, the pile of Emperor Coins he left behind actually has decent purchasing power...’

Zhong Shenxiu approached a stall selling materials for refining magic artifacts, where several pieces of Hundred-refined Iron Essence were available for a mere three Emperor Coins.

Emperor Coins, in fact, were talismans that, when deployed, could cast a spell.

Because they were universally accepted, the standard form stored was the ’Returning Essence Skill’, equivalent to a pure breath of heavenly and earthly primordial energy. Cultivators who spent Emperor Coins could recover a portion of their mana. Whether used for battling with spells, refining artifacts, or operating arrays, they had very good effects and were very popular on the market.

"Fellow Daoist, is there something in particular you’re looking for? Besides materials, I also have half a volume of Daoist texts..."

The stall owner, wearing a bamboo hat, saw Zhong Shenxiu’s lingering steps and his voice grew eager.

"Do you have any Gang Sha Qi for exchange?"

Zhong Shenxiu really didn’t see anything of interest, so he asked casually.

"That... I really don’t have," the stall owner replied with a bitter smile: "If you’re looking to exchange for Gang Sha Qi, you might want to visit the tea house at the center of the market... There is an exchange meeting there, and occasionally high-level cultivators appear."

"Thank you."

With a cupped fist salute, Zhong Shenxiu strolled casually to the center of the market.

Indeed, there was only one tea house there, named ’Half Moon Hall’, where a few cultivators sat sparsely, discussing the latest stories from the cultivation world.

Zhong Shenxiu leaned in and discovered that the most popular topic was still about the events that had occurred at the Fufeng Protector Mansion.

"...It is said that Dragon and Tiger True Man showed great divine prowess, beating Protector Mansion Leader Yan Beiling to near death, and that overconfident Hao Yunzi even more so perished body and Dao... After this battle, almost all the Divine Power Practitioners of the Fufeng Protector Mansion are nearly wiped out, a truly pitiful sight..."

An old man, who was smoking a dry pipe without any disguise, said with a sigh.

"I heard... even Cloud Mirror Sect took a big loss. The Primordial Pill Realm Sect Leader announced a bounty on Dragon and Tiger True Man’s whereabouts..."

"If Dragon and Tiger True Man hadn’t betrayed the sect, even with tenfold the courage he wouldn’t dare to do such a thing... Sigh..."

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